Harris touted Biden administration policies that promote oil and gas production. It's a sign of how much the politics of oil have shifted.
Vice President Kamala Harris during a presidential debate at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on Sept. 10, 2024wo years ago, President Biden signed into law the world’s biggest climate change spending plan named the Inflation Reduction Act —at the time estimated to provide $370 billion in support for emissions reducing programs.
At the same time, former President Donald Trump tried to put his opponent on the defensive on the issue, saying that if Harris is elected, “oil will be dead” and returning to the issue unprompted at several points throughout the debate. At the same time, instead of trying to pass a sweeping new climate policy platform, Democrats now need to play defense to protect the rules that they have put on the books over the past four years. A future Trump administration would target the reams of environmental regulation that have come from across the Bidenas some Republicans would try to end the law’s tax incentives for clean energy and claw back funding that has already flowed to federal agencies.
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